'I'm cheering for you': Robot welcome at Tokyo quarantine hotel

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TOKYO (AFP) - Coronavirus quarantine can be lonely, but at one Tokyo hotel converted to accept patients with mild symptoms, a humanoid robot will be there to offer support and encouragement - as well as admonishments and warnings.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO - Coronavirus quarantine can be lonely, but at one Tokyo hotel converted to accept patients with mild symptoms, a humanoid robot will be there to offer support and encouragement - as well as admonishments and warnings.

And at one facility, arrivals will be interacting with Pepper, a white, humanoid robot with round eyes and a tablet attached to its front, who will be sporting a face mask while in service at the hotel. "Since patients are infected with Covid-19, it is not possible to have a real person to interact with," said Mr Kan Kiyota, marketing director of SoftBank, which makes the Pepper robot.

Around the world, robots are being deployed to battle the coronavirus pandemic by disinfecting facilities, delivering food and carrying out health checks.

 

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